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The Reef to Paddock Integrated Science forum invited canegrowers, graziers and industry alike to learn to how they could help the Great Barrier Reef.

Award-winning author will grace the stage of the MECC to talk traditional land management, sustainable agriculture and conservation.

The spokesman said it was a “sad statistic” that in the past year 865 koalas were taken into care at RSPCA Queensland’s wildlife hospital. “Nearly 80 per cent of the koalas admitted were either hit by care or the victims of dog attacks,” he said. Katia was weighed less than 300 grams when she was found on the cold ground. Photo: Peter Wilson One of the most recent patients was Katia, a little joey weighing less than 300 grams. She was found on the cold ground and her mother was nowhere to be found. “Fortunately she handled her time at the hospital well and was ...

Premium Content Subscriber only A flock of black cockatoos perched above as community members gathered at Mackay Harbour to celebrate a vision to protect the Great Barrier Reef. From Finch Hatton to Slade Point, more than 50 residents were at the launch of Reef Catchments' Community Action Plan which covers the Mackay Isaac Whitsunday region. CEO Katrina Dent said it was created from a "groundswell" of ideas from the community about what were the priorities "for (their) neck of the woods" when it came to the reef. Ms Dent said funding from the Great Barrier Reef Foundation had allowed Ree...

‘They blew me away’: Meet the 28-year-old Queensland PhD student who tracked the east coast in a thought-to-be-impossible quest